title: Charles Prosper Ollivier d'Angers (1796-1845) and his contributions to defining syringomyelia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Distinguished as an anatomist, pathologist, and clinician, the Frenchman Charles Prosper Ollivier d'Angers dedicated his life to accelerating the forefront of neuroscience. At a young age, he explored the diseases and disorders of the spinal cord during a time when clinical neurological investigation scarcely existed. Ollivier d'Angers coined the term "syringomyelia."
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The coinage of the term syringomyelia by d'Angers shed light on the disorder causing more practitioners to investigate the spinal cord and its defects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, 1600 7th Avenue South ACC 400, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.
authors.forename: Martin M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Mortazavi
authors.forename: Olivia J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Rompala
authors.forename: Ketan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: Isaiah
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tubbs
authors.forename: R Shane
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tubbs
authors.forename: Aaron A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Cohen-Gadol
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010336:Pathology / Q000266:history*; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000266:history*